ABSTRACT

Warfare and Society in Europe, 1898 to the Present examines warfare in Europe from the Fashoda conflict in modern-day Sudan to the recent war in Iraq. The twentieth century was by far the world's most destructive century with two global wars marking the first half of the century and the constant fear of nuclear annihilation haunting the second half

chapter |9 pages

INTRODUCTION

chapter 1|24 pages

FROM FASHODA TO SARAJEVO

chapter 2|8 pages

WORLD WAR I, 1914–1917

chapter 1916|16 pages

Fighting a people’s war

chapter 3|24 pages

WORLD WAR I, 1917–1919

chapter 4|24 pages

THE INTERWAR YEARS, 1919–1939

chapter 5|8 pages

WORLD WAR II, 1939–1942

chapter |16 pages

Britain’s finest hour

chapter 6|8 pages

WORLD WAR II, 1942–1945

chapter |16 pages

The Grand Alliance at war

chapter 7|8 pages

WAR AND SOCIETY IN EUROPE, 1945–1989

chapter |15 pages

“The dirty wars” for empire

chapter |13 pages

CONCLUSIONS